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Video: Zapiro Left Speechless After Hearing About Booing at Nelson Mandela Memorial

“I’m absolutely… I’m gobsmacked that it’s actually happening. That is something. I mean… that is really something,” said Zapiro in response to the news that people were booing Jacob Zuma at Nelson Mandela’s memorial on Tuesday.

The cartoonist found out about the crowd heckling the president “on the world stage” during an interview with Jennifer Sanasie for News24 and struggled to find words to express his surprise.

After collecting his thoughts the political commentator said: “Well, hopefully there’s some hope for us!”